Alfred Peck EDGERTON

(1813-1897)

EDGERTON, Alfred Peck,
(brother of Joseph Ketchum Edgerton), a Representative from Ohio;
born in Plattsburg, N.Y., January 11, 1813; was graduated from
Plattsburg Academy; engaged in newspaper work for a brief period,
and later in commercial pursuits in New York City; moved to
Hicksville, Ohio, in 1837; manager of the American Land Co., and
engaged in opening new land for settlement in northwestern Ohio,
near Hicksville, 1837-1852; member of the State senate in 1845 and
1846; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on
Claims (Thirty-third Congress); financial agent of the Board of
State Fund Commissioners of Ohio in 1853, with residence in New
York City; moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1857; general manager of
the Wabash & Erie Canal 1859-1868; unsuccessful candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1868; chairman of the United States
Civil Service Commission in 1885; died in Hicksville, Defiance
County, Ohio, May 14, 1897; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort
Wayne, Ind.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present